Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-003
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clifford M. Hardin
Thursday, June 10, 1971 · 2:57 PM–4:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin. This brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical step to connect the President with a member of his cabinet. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-3
Date: June 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 4:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 516-10A]
Call to Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. HardinAlso recorded on June 10, 1971
- 516-014 1:34 PM · 54 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:34 pm to 1:35 pm.
- 516-009 1:35 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Hubert H. Humphrey met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 3:06 pm.
- 005-002 2:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey talked on the telephone from 2:53 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 516-010 3:08 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Jeffrey Donfeld, Arnold R. Weber, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Clifford M. Hardin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:08 pm to 4:24 pm.
- 005-004 4:17 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford M. Hardin talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:22 pm.
- 005-005 4:22 PM · 6 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm.
- 005-006 4:22 PM · 23 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm.
- 516-011 4:25 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:25 pm to 5:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-003, June 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-003 (accessed October 2, 2026).